How to Make phone Hear for Sounds Like Doorbells, Alarms

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Due to the epidemic, we worked from home for the most of the past two years, like many other people. In order to listen to music while working, we also enjoy donning earphones or headphones. It’s fantastic—at least, until a package is delivered to us. It’s fairly simple to miss the doorbell if we are working while listening to music, and if our partner isn’t there to grab the door if we miss it, it can be a problem. To our surprise, both iOS and Android have built-in systems that can do this, so we decided to look into ways we could have technology listen for the door instead.

The iPhone magnifier tool, the new Back Tap functionality, and other accessibility features were among the new additions to Apple’s iOS 14 operating system. Although they are primarily made for people with hearing or vision problems, these characteristics are helpful to everyone. A sound recognition feature that alerts users when their device detects a specific sound is one of the lesser-known but helpful accessibility features. We mentioned below are the steps to Enable Sound Recognition and Sound Notification on iPhone/Android.

How to Enable Sound Recognition and Sound Notification on iPhone/Android

Enable Sound Notifications on Android

Download the Live Transcribe & Sound Notifications app from the Google Play Store. This doesn’t apply if you’re using a Pixel smartphone as the app already comes pre-installed.

In Settings, search for Accessibility.

Select Sound Notifications. Bear in mind that this option might be named differently on smartphones from different manufacturers. On my other Samsung handset, it was located under the “Installed services” sub-menu.

When launching Sound Notifications for the very first time, enable it by selecting Turn On at the bottom right-hand corner.

At the next splash screen, select OK, and your smartphone will begin to listen out for any potentially alarming sounds in the background to alert you.

Enable Sound Notifications on iPhone

From Settings tap Accessibility.

Tap Sound recognition.

Toggle on the Sound recognition switch. When the switch is green, the feature is enabled.

Choose from the list of sounds or enable all of them.

An alert appears warning that Hey Siri will not be available while the Sound Recognition feature is switched on.

Choose the tone or vibrations you prefer to accompany your Sound Recognition notification.

Final Words

That’s it with our article on how to Make phone Hear for Sounds Like Doorbells, Alarms. A smoke alarm, a cat or dog’s voice, a fire alarm, a doorbell, running water, and a baby screaming are just a few of the frequent sounds that the Sound Recognition tool can identify. If you are unable to hear the sound, your iPhone or iPad will be able to do so. Your phone will vibrate, play a sound, and display a notification to alert you when a sound is detected. The sound recognition feature performed admirably in our tests. There is a caveat, though. The apparatus must first be close enough to hear the sound.